Judge Declares Mistrial in Walter Scott Murder Trial

The North Charleston police officer (Michael Slager), who shot and killed Walter Scott in the back as he was fleeing will not face justice.

Slager, 35, was fired from the North Charleston police force after cell phone video of the shooting was released.

A South Carolina judgedeclared a mistrialafter 1 juror refused to convict Officer Michael Slager. The jury was hung 11-1 with 11 voting to convict Slager of murder in the April 4, 2015 shooting.

NY Post — The judge had told jurors they could also consider a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Slager was standing trial for shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott to death in North Charleston after stopping him for having a broken taillight. Cellphone video taken by a bystander of the shooting was shown widely in the media and on the internet and sparked national outrage.

I used to believe that their intention was to pacify us . We will march & pray for peace, in turn they will act like they give a damn. But this is the most blatant slap in the face to the so called post race Amerikka yet. To have a video of a murder & still the cave man walk away unscathed is so telling of the lack of regard they have for our black life.

They killing us left and right, yet we still celebrating their holidays and acting as if this doesn’t faze us. seriously? FOH I say cancel Christmas and spending black dollars in their stores and establishments

That one juror actually said he “can’t in good conscience approve a guilty verdict” .
Really? His conscience wont allow him to convict a man seen on camera shooting an unarmed man in the back? If that ain’t murder we saw on that videotape, then what is? SMH

Messed up part is, the lone black juror (also the foreman) asked the judge to excuse the 1 juror who refused to vote guilty on any charge. Said it ain’t no split decision, just 1 hateful piece of chit disrupting the process.